lamps. All th engine room auxiliaries are electrically operated from Diesel-, driven generators. The propelling machinery of the Asturias places the vessel in a class by herself, says the "Shipping World," not only by reason of the size of her Diesel engines, but also as introducing to the. British mercantile marine the four-cycle doubleacting principle as applied to marine propulsion. The Boyal Mail Company is to be congratulated on its enterprise in adopting the most modern type of machinery, not only for the Asturias, but also for her sister ship the Alcantara, at present under construction at Belfast. Painting the Olympic. The White Star liner Olympic, which was out of commission for the past three months, has resumed her voyages oh the Atlantic service, sailing from Southampton to New York with a large number of passengers. She has in the interval undergone an extensive overhaul which has provided the shipyards with a good deal of employment. A large number of improvements were made, and it is estimated that altogether nearly 6000" gallons of paint were.used! Every part of the ship received attention. From her underpart no less than 57 tons of old paint, barnacles, and weeds were removed while she was in dry dock. The moat important operation was the fitting of a new stern frame in threo massive pieces having a total weight of 83 tons. Old Landmark Clone. The Mariner 'a Chimney has fallen, and sea charts throughout the world will have to be. altered to mark the event. The great chimney stood for 50 years at Northflcet, near Gravesend (England), and when the low-lying lighthouse was enveloped in river mists, its 270 ft of brickwork stood out clear* and distinct above them. Its disappearance has had to be notified to every maritime authority in the world. Whether it was no longer needed, or whether,it had become insecure with age, we do. not know, but its end bei came-it as its life. Bricks were removed on one side of its oase, and it slowly toppled over, retaining its sturdy straightness to the last moment. Homecoming sailors will miss it greatly, for it told them that their wanderings were near their end. A Big Job. Great interest is evinced in shipbuilding circles, says "Syren Shipping," as to the outcome of the tenders submitted by eight leading firms for the re-engining and re-boilering of the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Australia. This vessel—formerly the j German-built Tirpitz, surrendered to Britain under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles-^-is at present fitted with a machinery installation which comprises the Fottinger hydraulic reduction gear and a set of watertube boilers, and, it is understood, it is the intention of the C.P.S., to have these replaced by single reduction geared turbines of 21,000 s.h.p., with 200 deg. superheat, and a range of 14 Scotch single-ended boilers. Under the existing arrangement neither the turbines nor the propellers have been operating at economical speeds, and hence the decision of the owners to adopt measures which are undoubtedly of the heroic order. Motor-ship Orders. It is roported in an English shipping journal that there are uudcr construction in the world twenty-three vessels of between 10,000 and 20,000 tons gross each, and ten of 20,000 tons gross and upwards. Twelve out of the twentythree and four of the' larger vessels ars building in Groat Britain and Ireland. Of the vessels building abroad, throe are of over 30,000 tons gross, two are of between 25,000 and 30,000 tons, one is of between 20,000 and 25,000, one is of between 15,000 and 20,000 tons, ten are of between 10,000 and 15,000 tons, twenty are of between 8000 and 10,000 tons, forty-three are of between 6000 and 8000 tons, forty are of betw«en 2000 i and 4000 tons, and one hundred and. thirty-five are of under 2000 tons. Twg it the vessels of over 30^,000 tons are building in Italy, and one in Prance. The two vessels of between 25,000 and 30,000 tons are building in Italy. The largest vessel under construction in Germany is of between 20,000 and 25,----000 tons, ■ , '

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Ships and the Sea,
Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 74, 27 March 1926

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Ships and the Sea
Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 74, 27 March 1926

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